This Week on TV (5/25-5/31)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, BBC, Bravo, Cable, MTV, NBC, The CW, Medium,
(You can view TV Envy’s Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 5/25)
- Jon & Kate Plus Eight (TLC, 9pm): Season premiere. “Jon and Kate discuss recent controversies surrounding their family.” Is anyone else feeling really uncomfortable right now?
- Medium (NBC, 10pm): “Joe lands in San Diego with a new job, upending the DuBois family and forcing Allison to contend with his absence.” The family will later reunite when they make their move to CBS.
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!, 10:30pm): “Kourtney and Khloe both experience heartbreak when they deal with ending relationships.” Being abruptly dumped by Donald Trump has has been difficult for Khloe.
- The Tonight Show (NBC, 11:30pm): Mel Gibson kicks off Jay Leno’s final week. I wonder if he’ll have any interesting stories to share.
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Preview Several of FOX’s New Shows
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, FOX, Video,
Already itching to start a new TV season? Well here are a few of FOX shows scheduled to debut over 2009-2010.
Brothers
This half-hour comedy starring former New York Giant Michael Strahan will air on Fridays this fall. This Dollhouse lead-in (you can see the obvious similarities) focuses on a retired and financially-strapped football player who moves back home with his parents (Carl Weathers and The Shield‘s CCH Pounder). Daryl “Chill” Mitchell plays his wheelchair-bound brother.
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2009 Summer Television Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, ER, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Prison Break, Scrubs, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Office,
Okay - so most of our favorite shows are gone now. But that doesn’t mean our summer has to completely suck.
Never got a chance to watch Lie to Me during the regular season? Here’s your chance to catch up! Like to see people embarrass themselves? Then Wipeout might be the perfect summer treat! Missing both American Idol and Dancing with the Stars? Then So You Think You Can Dance is just the ticket for you!
Hopefully our detailed guide can assist you in the weeks to come. We have compiled information from the five major networks and included the days, times and premiere dates for this season’s programs.
(NOTE: This schedule has been updated as of August 19. Don’t be surprised to see changes in the weeks to come.)
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TV on DVD: May 19, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, Cable, FOX, HBO, NBC, On Demand/PPV, WB, 24, Internet,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- 8 Simple Rules (Season 2)
- 24 (Season 7)
- Dragon Ball Z (Season 9)
- Friday Night Lights (Season 3)
- The Guild (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Peyton Place (Part One)
- Sister, Sister (Season 2)
- True Blood (Season 1)
- WWE: Wrestlemania XXV (25th Anniversary)
Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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Sunday Ratings: Low Turnouts for Housewives, Survivor
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, Ratings,
A little bit of good news and bad news for ABC and CBS last night. Although they both had wins (ABC with the 18-49s; CBS with the viewers), Desperate Housewives and Survivor had their lowest closing demos to date.
8pm
- Survivor: Tocantins (4.2/11 in 18-49) drew in 12.7 million over its first two hours.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.4/7) rounded up 7.6 million.
- Dateline (1.4/4) turned in 6.6 million.
- The Simpsons* (2.9/8) ended its season with 5.9 million; King of the Hill (2.6/7) scored 5.1 million.
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Sunday Ratings: A Desperate ABC Wins
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Amazing Race, The, Apprentice, The - Donald, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Ratings,
Okay - let’s try this again. After a week full of Nielsen ratings delays, we’re getting back to business. Thanks to a slate full of finales, CBS had a hold on the viewers last night. ABC, in the meantime, won the oh-so-important demos. (It should be noted though that both networks were beat in the 10:00 hour by NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice.)
8pm
- Approximately 10.4 million watched Tammy and Victor win The Amazing Race (3.0/9 in 18-49).
- The Celebrity Apprentice (3.1/9) averaged 8.7 million over three hours.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.6/8) nailed down 8.2 million.
- The Simpsons (2.5/8) had 5.2 million laughing; King of the Hill (1.8/5) pulled in 4.1 million.
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TV on DVD: May 12, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Showtime, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series
- The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Case Closed (Season 5)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Season 1) **Blu-ray**
- The Dana Carvey Show
- The Jeff Foxworthy Show (Season 2)
- Lovejoy (Season 5)
- Murder Princess (Complete Series)
- Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t (Season 6)
- Pie in the Sky (Series 1)
- The Rez (Complete Series)
- Two and a Half Men (Season 5)
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The Simpsons, a staple on FOX for the last two decades, has been commemorated in a new set of stamps. The series, which will celebrate its twentieth year on the air in January, is being honored as part of FOX’s “Best. 20 Years. Ever.” campaign.
James L. Brooks, series producer, said the event is “surreal.” The five new stamps were revealed Thursday at the FOX lot in LA.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (5/5)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Late Night, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, Cable, FOX, NBC, Heroes, Cancellations, Renewals,
Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:
RENEWALS
- The Cleveland Show (FOX) - Season 2 (Season 1 hasn’t even aired yet)
- Fringe (FOX) - Season 2
- Heroes (NBC) - Season 4
- Parks and Recreation (NBC) - Season 2
- Southland (NBC) - Season 2
- True Jackson, VP (Nickelodeon) - Season 2
- Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney) - Season 3
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This Week on TV (5/4-5/10)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Scrubs,
(You can view TV Envy’s Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 5/4)
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30pm): “Barney celebrates his 200th. No need to explain more.” That’s gonna be LEGEN… wait for it… and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is… DAIRY!
- Table for 12 (TLC, 9pm): “Eric and Betty try to keep the kids busy when they’re all stuck at home on a school day.” I believe snow days is how they got their 10 kids to begin with.
- Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm): “Chelsea moves into the house, and Alan feels like he is being pushed out.” It was like that time when his best friend Andie started dating that guy named Blane.
- New York Goes to Work (VH1, 10pm): Series premiere. “Viewers vote on which of the three jobs the long-time reality show veteran will take. If she impresses her employer, she’ll get a $5000 bonus. If she quits or fails, she’ll get nothing.” If she flames royally, VH1 will renew her contract.
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